Psalms 108:6

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? Prayer for God's interposition, grounded on the enemy's wickedness (Psalms 109:1); let condemnation fall on him (Satan being his accuser) as to his days and his children (Psalms 109:6); let evil fall on him property through the extortioner and the stranger, and his memory be cut off from the earth (Psalms 109:11); and this became of God's justice, which pays like with like, cursing and mercilessness to him who loved both (Psalms 109:16); deliver the needy, seeing that his need is so great ...

6-20 The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent....

THAT THY BELOVED MAY BE DELIVERED - The word rendered “beloved,” and the verb rendered “may be delivered,” are both in the plural number, showing that it is not an individual that is referred to, but that the people of God are intended. This is taken without any alteration from Psalms 60:5. In that psalm the prayer for deliverance is grounded on the afflictions of the people, and the fact that God had given them “a banner that it might be displayed because of the truth,” - or, in the cause of truth. See the notes at that psalm. In the psalm before us, while the prayer for deliverance is the same, the reason for that prayer is different. It is that God is exalted; that his mercy is above the heavens; that his glory is above all the earth, and that he is thus exalted that he may interpose and save his people. Save with thy righ

EXPOSITION THIS is a composite psalm, made up of portions of two Davidical psalms, viz. Psalms 57:7, and Psalms 60:5, but not (probably) put into its present shape by David. It is difficult to imagine what was the occasion which was thought to call for the union of two such distinct and unconnected passages. The text, moreover, has suffered in the transfer. PSALMS 108:1 MY HEART IS FIXED. In the original form (Psalms 57:7) this emphatic phrase was reiterated, which much increased the force of the declaration. I will sing and give praise, even with my glory

THAT THY BELOVED MAY BE DELIVERED,.... From hence to the end of the psalm the words are taken out of Psalms 60:5. Psalms 60:5....

Psalms 108:1. _O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;_ Here, we begin with praise, the very praise with which we finished the other Psalm, praise in a very joyous, confident spirit, for the praise which precedes prayer has more of the «Jubilate» note in it than ordinary praise has. The prayer in Psalms 57:1 , which preceded the praise, was earnest, and fervent, and confident, yet it did not reach so high a note as this:...

VS.6-13) Verses 6-13 (Psalms 108:6) are identical with (Psalms 60:5)....

Psalms 108 Israel's Praise for Salvation _ 1. Israel's praise (Psalms 108:1)_ 2. The inheritance (Psalms 108:5) 3. Through God alone (Psalms 108:10) This Psalm is not a patchwork of two other Psalms as the critics declare (Psalms 72:8 and Psalm 60:7-14), but it comes in as a Psalm of David to give another hint on Israel's praise in the day of deliverance. Their heart is fixed to sing His praise. It is a praise not only amongst themselves, but a praise among the nations. Where they were once a byword they are now

CVIII. A composition from parts of Psalms 57, 60. Thus Psalms 108:1 = Psalms 57:7; Psalms 57:6 = Psalms 60:5. That Psalms 108 is a composition from two Pss. originally distinct appears further from the fact that Psalms 57, 60 are Elohistic (p. 366) and stand naturally among the other Elohistic Pss., while Psalms 108 is also Elohistic, but stands among other Pss., all Yahwistic. The compiler has combined two portions of neighbouring Elohistic Pss., leaving the mark of Elohistic revision. Owing to the union of fragments, thanks and prayer come in the reverse order....

BELOVED. beloved ones (plural)...